2025 Compare Cities Education:
St. George, UT vs Rochester, MN

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Highlights
- Rochester spends 67.7% more per student than St. George.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.1% lower in Rochester than in St. George. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rochester had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. George
 St. George, UTRochester, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,702$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,869$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9264573
 Students per Counselor456  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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Reviews for Rochester    31 Reviews

Roch (and Minnesota) is a great place IF you live off the govt dole; subsidize undesirable things (through generous welfare benefits, lax law enforcement and sentences,  More

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Rochester is very vanilla. As a progressive, this place is not good. The area leans conservative and you'll see Trump signs everywhere... so that tells you the type of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved here over 20 years ago from California and I was in shock for the first couple of years that people actually lived in such a cold climate! Winter starts around  More

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